Vanity case



Oct. 9, 1928.

w. G. KENDALL VANITY CASE Filed Sept. 1927 William u iall Y M W1 I TTORNEYS Patented Oct. 9, 192a.

. UNITED STATES WILLIAM G. KENDALL, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

VANITY CASE.

Applicationfiled September 6, 1927. Serial No. 217,605.

My invention relates to a new and improved form of a vanity case or compact holder.-

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a vanity case which shall be of s1m- 1e and compact construction and which can he quickly and economically manufactured.

Another object of my invention is to p ro vide a vanity case which will have'a simple, efiicient and improved form of ejecting device for ejecting from said case a cake or compact-of cosmetic which is mounted on a suitable dish or plaque.

Another object of my invention is to provide a device which shall not require any soldering.

Other objects of my invention will be set forth in the following description and draw.- ing which illustrate a preferred embodiment thereof, it being understood that the above general statement of the objects of my invention is intended -merely to generally explain the same and not to limit it in any manner.

Fig. 1 is a-perspective viewof the case in the closed position. a

Fig. 2 is a sectional view showing the cover of the case in the open position and showing the inner or supplemental coverfor the cosmetic in the closed position.

Fig. 3 is a detail top View showing the cover partially broken away.

Fig. 4: is a detail sectional view on the line 44 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the ejector plate.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view on the line 6-6 of Fig. 1. v

The body 11 of the vanity case is provided with a cover 10 having a fingerhold 18. The cover 10 and the fingerhold 18 are formed in any suitable manner out of a single piece of metal, as, for example, by a single stamp.- ing or die operation. a

The cover 10 is turnably connected to the body 11 without the use of a pintle, by forming an inwardly curled portion 19 at the inner end of the cover 10, said inwardly curled portion 19 extending through a suitable slot in the rear vertical wall of the body 11.

The' bottom of the bod 11 can either be flat, or, if desired, it can e made convex so as to provide more depth for the case.

The body 11 is provided with an insert 30 made of suitable metal. This insert 30 has an integral circular flange 31 formed therein by a suitable drawing or stamping operation. This flange has a double wall, as shown in Fig. 2, this wall being struck-up from the bottom of the flange. The insert 30 fits with sufiicient tightness in the body 11 so that no additional securing means for retaining the insert-30 within the body 11 are required, although, if desired, such additional securing means could be utilized.

An ejector member 32 is located in the bottom of the circular compartment formed in the insert 30, by means of the said flange 31. This ejector member 32 could be disk; like, as shown, for example, in Fig. 5, but it could have any other form such as a hand, strap or-the like, in order to economize material and'to have it occupy less space.

Any desired portion of the circular flange 31 may be vertically slotted in order to permit manipulation of the ejector member 32. I prefer to have this slot 33 diametrically opposite the hinge-like connection between the flange 31 and the inner or supplemental cover 34. That is. I prefer that the hingelike. connection of the supplemental cover 34 to the flange 31 should be directly adjacent the hinge-like connection between the main cover 10 and the body of the case.

The ejector member 32'is provided with a guide neck 35 which fits within the vertical ,slot 33 so as to effectually guide the tilting movement of the ejector member 32. The neck 35 is provided with a fingerhold 36 which is curved inwardly and upwardly. This fingerhold 36 is laterally extended so as tohave two wing-like arts 36 on the opposite sides of the pro ection 35, and these wing-likeparts are adapted to slidably contact with the adjacent outer portion of the flange 31' so that the ejector member 32 is provided with a guide. The neck 35 pre-' vents the e'ector 32 from shifting around its centre, an it is also guided externally and upon. the outer wall of the flange 31 by means of the wings 36' of the fingerhold 36. The wings 36 of the fingerhold 36 may be upwardly bent in order to allow the e'ector member to be placed into position, an said wings can then be bent back to form the guide above mentioned. It has been found in actual practice that it is only necessary to bend up one of the wings 36 to enable the ejector plate to be introduced into the device.

I prefer to have the top of the guide slot in the flange 31 closed, as clearly shown in the drawings.

The cake of cosmetic C can be mounted in a dish D or upon an ordinary fiat plaque. This plaque or dish rests upon the top of the ejector member 32.

In order, to remove the plaque and to replace it by a fresh plaque having a fresh cake of cosmetic thereon, it is merely necessary to upwardly tilt the front portion of the ejector member, by manipulating the fingerhold 36. This upwardly tilts the front of the plaque so that it can be readly removed. The interior Wall of the flange 31 may be provided with very small stuck-out projections, too small to be shown in the drawings, which operate to frictionally retain the plaque of cosmetic. The use of such struck-out projections is well known in the art.

I prefer to have the fingerhold 36 diametrically opposite the hinge-like connection between the supplemental cover 34 and the flange 31, because the front end of the plaque can be readily tilted upwardly to release it, since it does not .tend to catch underneath the hinge-like connection between theparts 31 and 34.

Although I have shown a vanity case adapted to contain only a single compact, 'sufiicient space within the compact-retaining compartment for holding two compacts could be provided by suitably doming the bottom of the body 11 and the other parts corresponding thereto.

I have shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, but it is clear that numerous changes and omissions could be made Without departing from its spirit.

I rea ers I claim 1. In a vanity case, the subcombination of a compartment adapted to hold a cake of cosmetic, an ejector located in the said compartment and tiltable therein, said ejector having a projection extending through a slot in the wall of the said compartment, said slot being closed at the top thereof.

2. In a vanity case, the subcombination of a compartment adapted to retain a cake of cosmetic-,said compartment having a wall,

and an ejector located within the said compartment, said ejector having a neck extending through a slot in the wall of the compartment, said ejector having guide means adapted to co-opcrate with the outer portion of the wall of the said compartment.

' 3. In a vanity case, the subcombination of a compartment having a wall and adapted to retain a cake of cosmetic, an ejector membcr located within the said compartment and having a neck extending through a slot in the said wall, said slot being closed at the top thereof, said neck having bendable wings external to the wall of the said compartment.

4. A vanity case having a body portion, an insert located in the said body portion and having an upstanding wall adapted to form a compartment for retaining a cake of cosmetic, a cover connected to a porti n of 

